How is Christianity different from other religions?

This is a long video to ask people to watch without some cliffnotes. You might get some flak due to a high number of Christians on this board, but it's not so different. On the scale of things that sound absurd to an impartial observer, Christianity is no more or less outlandish than Hinduism, Mormonism, Scientology, or anything else. Well, maybe Scientology is a bit crazier.

Present day Christians espouse some pretty virtuous ideals, but if you take the Bible as a literal reading there is some harsh stuff that is glossed over to adapt to present day world. This is also true of the Quran and Islam; there are some pretty violent writing in the Qoran and people point to that to make it a religion of violence, but most modern Muslims don't embrace those ideals.

There are religions all over the world whose believers are just as fervent as Christians. We just happened to be born in a mostly Christian nation, but most places of worship all over the world teach their people to live good lives and be kind to others. A philosopher described the situation well: "When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you'll understand why I dismiss yours."

It's a great message.

I go about my daily life and encounter a variety of folks. Some of them are awful.

I am often amazed at jesus's mission to want to save everyone so much that he died for them.

I look around today and see so many bad people and it reminds me that there is no way I would have the love for humanity that Jesus did. I fall short every time. I can't understand how he would literally die for all these scumbags.

And it reminds me to try to understand them as he did. It also reminds me how we all fall short of the glory of God and that I am also a scumbag compared to Jesus.

I'll never meet that goal, but the journey is part of the process.

An impartial observer lacks faith in every religion they attempt to describe. Faith being a primary component of religion, I can't imagine an impartial observer to really capture the essence of those religions.

I think the larger message is that Christianity doesn’t require you to try to transcend to Gods level through deeds. It’s impossible, so he took on our sin. It’s quite beautiful.


I think nonbelievers see what passes as Christian today and rightly scoff. Modern Christianity is a shell of itself. It’s not me the Christian looking down from my ivory tower, it’s me and you in the mud and muck of sin, but I’ve got a firm grasp on a lifeline and am reaching out a hand.

Friend, science has certainly not explained it. The universe doubled its purported age of the universe to what Webb can actually see.

Poof, abracadabra, another 13.7 billion years on top of what we already had based on a few pictures. Next telescope will debunk Webb and previously impossible events will magically become possible after further consideration.




They have no explanation. Humans are designed and life has order.

Oh geez. We can’t explain lightning and thunder, so it’s God making noise.

That’s what you sound like.

This is the most rational conversation I’ve seen in this forum in a very long time, probably because it’s late I’m sure the crazies will post later. As a non religious person that was raised extremely religious he talked about forensic evidence and gave none. I also wasn’t raised to believe god would prove himself to me at a later date so I’m not sure where that’s coming from. I do scoff at christians though, most christians are the most un christian people I know and also vote for the most un christian candidates. Why wouldn’t I see Christians as a caricature of what they once were they’re laughable

Christianity offers a payment for sin. the other religions do not.

That whole New Testament thing was a fork in the road.

I guess you missed that.

Im not betting on any of the 5000+ religions to be correct. I believe in free will and karma. That will decide what happens next for each person. There can never be such a thing as nothingness and if there can then you'd never know it anyway.